Nepali Players Set to Compete in Ninth Wado Ryu Karate Do International Championship 2024

Four Nepali players are set to showcase their skills at the ninth Wado Ryu Karate Do International Championship 2024, which is scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan, starting on August 24.

The six-member team includes four athletes—Alen Shrestha, Susmita Waiba, Anil Uparkoti, and Aron Sherchan—who will represent Nepal in the two-day championship. The team left for Japan after a formal farewell event.

At a program organized in Khumaltar, former Prime Minister and Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre), Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, bid farewell to the players. During the event, Chair Dahal expressed his confidence that the players would bring home medals and wished them great success in the championship.

The farewell event was attended by officials, including office-bearers of the Nepal Wado Ryu Karate Do Association and Vice-Chairperson of the Nepal Karate Federation, Shyam Sherpa, among others.